SaaS

What are the resource advantages of SaaS?

Traditionally, an organisation will purchase software as a product. It will purchase it outright or pay an annual licence fee to own the software product. As any IT professional will know, the cost of software is often merely the tip of the iceberg when considering the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

The organisation will experience substantial latent costs to buy, install and maintain hardware to support its chosen in-house software. Additionally resources will be consumed to manage the implementation and long-term support of the hardware and software. This may require the business to increase its IT headcount, and subsequent overheads.

These latent costs often significantly increase the cost of purchasing in-house software significantly.

The Software as a Service (SaaS) model is much simpler, and transparent. Rather than focussing on ownership of a software product, it considers using software as a service.

Using SaaS, the business only pays for the service it uses, rather than purchasing software as a product. SaaS is accessed via an Internet browser, requiring no installation or maintenance of hardware. This eliminates the costly burden of IT investment. This revolutionary approach makes things far more simple, transparent and cost effective.

SaaS is widely recognised as having a lower TCO than the traditional approach of running in-house software, often saving more than 40% of costs over the software lifetime.

How does activ8 SaaS work?

Your organisations data is stored in a unique activ8 private website. This private website is solely for your organisation, and has rigorous security measures to ensure its integrity.

Your employees access your private website from any computer, laptop or smart-phone with a web browser. No special hardware is required, and no software needs to be installed.

The activ8 software developers automatically install regular software upgrades and improvements to your private website. This saves your organisation’s IT team or its end users from having to do this.

It really is that simple.

What are the benefits of activ8 SaaS?

Costs – activ8 helps to reduce your cost base, improving your profitability.

• Scalable Cost: You pay for the number of users registered each month. As your business expands and contracts, your activ8 cost will follow.
• No IT Implementation Costs: There is no requirement to buy or install any hardware or software. Users simply logon via a web browser.
• No IT Costs: There are no ongoing maintenance or support costs. activ8 provides users help support.
• Lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership): Independent studies estimate that the TCO (total cost of ownership) for SaaS software is at least 40% lower than in-house software over its lifetime.

Time – As we all know, time costs money. activ8 will reduce your use of business time.

• Self-upgrading: activ8 is continually developed and improved by our developer team, upgrades are automatically applied, removing the burden of installing or upgrading software for you.
• Easy Access: Online access 24/7 – wherever you are, whenever you need it. Access activ8 from any country using a web-browser on any computer, laptop or smart phone.

Security – We consider it essential for all of your business data. activ8 secures your data flawlessly.

• Encryption: Transfer sensitive data safely and securely through a fully encrypted transmission process. activ8 has been rigorously penetration tested by a leading global IT security company.
• Independently assured: activ8 has passed rigorous SSAE 16 & ISAE 3402 audit standards. Providing independent assurance of its globally recognised security standard.

Environment – Working more efficiently, helping to reduce your environmental impact.

• Less waste: There is less industrial waste at hardware end-of-life, a serious consideration where global regulations concerning disposal of obsolete computer equipment are increasingly becoming much stricter.
• Less energy: The system needs less energy because so much is shared by the cloud.
• Less hardware: There is no hardware for the client to acquire.